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A [[Stock Phrase]] used by a [[Sensor Character]]. If used at the end of a fight, this is a convenient way of saying that someone is probably dead [[Gory Discretion Shot|without any of the nasty gore]]. In other situations, it's an easy way to show that something is not quite right with a character; despite them being perfectly visible, they can't be detected by supernatural means. They might be [[Dead All Along]], an [[Energy Being]], or simply something other than human.
Related to [[Never Say "Die"]] and [[Disney Death]]. See Also [[I Sense a Disturbance In The Force]]. Compare [[Fainting Seer]] and [[Poke in
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Used a lot in ''[[
** Used for the most drama at the beginning of the Android Saga. The heroes arrive at the city where Future Trunks predicted the androids would begin their rampage, but can't sense anything unusual. Yajirobe arrives, drops off some senzu beans, leaves in his sky-car - and gets blasted out of the air by the villains, with the heroes unable to even tell where the shot came from.
* In ''[[
* In [[RG Veda]], when no one can sense {{spoiler|Ryu-ou's}} presence anymore.
* In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' 4Kids dub, Yami says this after Pegasus's Shadow Game finishes him. In the original Japanese version, there's no
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* In most versions of ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'', one of the things that makes Venom such a threat is that he doesn't trigger Peter's [[Spider Sense]].
== Film ==
* In ''[[
== Literature ==
* ''[[
* In the [[Sword of Truth]] series, Adie, who sees solely using magic, is alarmed to discover that she is unable to see Richard's half-sister Jennsen, because she is one of the "[[Anti-Magic|pristinely ungifted]]".
* Alice from ''[[Twilight (
* In [[The Wheel of Time]] Aes Sedai bond Warders as a means of protection. This bond forms an empathic link between the two allowing them to sense the direction and distance to each other, as well as emotional and physical state. If either member of the bond dies, the loss is ''very'' noticeable to the other. An Aes Sedai will experience serious depression from the death of a Warder. The Warder will usually either die of shock or fly into a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].
== Live Action TV ==
* Leo from ''[[
* On ''[[Star Trek:
* ''[[Tracker]]'' has a version of this, but not because of death. Cole just had a harder time keying into his targets' life forces as they adapted more and more to Earth's environment.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Justice League]]'' pilot, [[Martian Manhunter|J'onn J'onzz]] claims that he can't (telepathically) sense the presence of [[Batman]] anymore when the latter is apparently shot to death. It's a lie, [[Foregone Conclusion|obviously]].
* In ''[[Wolverine and
* In the two-part opener of the ''[[X-Men (
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